Bill Bishop
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“As people seek out the social settings they prefer—as they choose the group that makes them feel the most comfortable—the nation grows more politically segregated—and the benefit that ought to come with having a variety of opinions is lost to the righteousness that is the special entitlement of homogeneous groups.”
― The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded American is Tearing Us Apart
― The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded American is Tearing Us Apart
“After a few Republicans on the Houston city council supported the Democratic majority's proposal that stalled cars be towed immediately off the city's notoriously clotted freeways, local Republican officials promised retribution. 'We're not looking for council members who are going to go along and get along,' said Jared Woodfill, chairman of the Harris County Republican Party. 'We're looking for council members who are going to stand up for conservative values.' Surely, political ideology has teetered over some high cliff when towing can be described as a 'value.' What's next, a doctrine of potholes, the water pressure credo?”
― The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart
― The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart
“like-minded, homogeneous groups squelch dissent, grow more extreme in their thinking, and ignore evidence that their positions are wrong. As a result, we now live in a giant feedback loop, hearing our own thoughts about what's right and wrong bounced back to us by the television shows we watch, the newspapers and books we read, the blogs we visit online, the sermons we hear, and the neighborhoods we live in.”
― The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded American is Tearing Us Apart
― The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded American is Tearing Us Apart
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